XmlTextWriter and WriteElementString

[Randy]

I'm creating XML using the above. My problem is that if I have a string that
is passed to WriteElementString such as
WriteElementString("description", @"<![CDATA[<a
href=""http://www.google.com"">Here is the link</a>]]>");
then, it outputs the XML as...
<description>&lt;![CDATA[&lt;a href="http://www.google.com"&gt;Here is the
link&lt;/a&gt;]]&gt;</description>

I don't want it to convert the < to &lt; etc. Is there a way to make
XmlTextWriter not convert the characters? Or should I go another route?

Thanks

 

[Jon Skeet [C# MVP]]

I'm creating XML using the above. My problem is that if I have a string that
is passed to WriteElementString such as
WriteElementString("description", @"<![CDATA[<a
href=""http://www.google.com"">Here is the link</a>]]>");
then, it outputs the XML as...
<description>&lt;![CDATA[&lt;a href="http://www.google.com"&gt;Here is the
link&lt;/a&gt;]]&gt;</description>

I don't want it to convert the < to &lt; etc. Is there a way to make
XmlTextWriter not convert the characters? Or should I go another route?

If you want to write the raw characters, use WriteRaw.

 

[Randy]

That did it!...Thanks!

I'm creating XML using the above. My problem is that if I have a string
that
is passed to WriteElementString such as
WriteElementString("description", @"<![CDATA[<a
href=""http://www.google.com"">Here is the link</a>]]>");
then, it outputs the XML as...
<description>&lt;![CDATA[&lt;a href="http://www.google.com"&gt;Here is
the
link&lt;/a&gt;]]&gt;</description>

I don't want it to convert the < to &lt; etc. Is there a way to make
XmlTextWriter not convert the characters? Or should I go another route?

If you want to write the raw characters, use WriteRaw.

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